Mike Tyson

Even a guy with a checkered past can have good wisdom to impart:

"You have to be humble in life, and if you are not humble, life will make you humble."

- Mike Tyson

Movie Quotes

Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out.

- Catch Me If You Can

A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close?

- Boiler Room

Smile. It enhances your face value. 

- Steel Magnolias

The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

 - American Gangster

You think you can win on talent alone? Gentlemen, you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone. 

- Miracle

You got a dream you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. 

- The Pursuit of Happyness

Everywhere I've been today there's always been something wrong--too young, too old, too short, too tall. Whatever the exception is, I can fix it. I can be older, I can be taller, I can be anything. 

- The Secret of My Success

No intensity, no victory.

- Any Given Sunday

Motivators

At work, there are really only 5 motivators:

1. Paid Time Off
2. Advancement
3. Recognition
4. Training
5. Money

Forwards from Grandma

I found this here:

http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/04/18/18-things-my-dad-was-right-about/

But on the off chance they remove the post, I'd like to archive it here. And put it in the order I find most relevant.

18 Things My Dad Was Right About

1. Big results come when you narrow your focus. Concentrate your efforts on smaller and smaller areas. When your efforts are diffused over a wide area they won’t have much of an impact. So – focus on smaller areas and your efforts will be felt more fully. It could take time for change to happen, but keep that focus narrow. 

2. Keep it simple. There is a world of magnificence hidden in simplicity. Pick the five most important things in your life now and focus on those things. Let the other stuff go. Stop the busyness and really enjoy what’s important to you. 

3. Love yourself. Become your own priority. Strive to be the ‘you’ you want to be. Nourish your mind and body. Educate yourself every day until you die. 

4. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Put your uncertainty and fears aside for a second and ask yourself this: “If I try and I don’t get it right the first time, what will I have lost and what will I have gained?” The answer is: You will have lost nothing but a little bit of your time while gaining an important lesson that will help you get it right the second or third time. People rarely get it right the first time. In fact, usually the only people who ever get it right are those who continue going for it even when they’ve come up short numerous times. 

5. Dreams will remain dreams forever if you don’t take action. Don’t dream about it anymore. Start doing it. In 40 years from now what is it that you will regret not having accomplished, appreciated or attempted? Do it, appreciate it and attempt it NOW! 

6. Keep having fun. Fun is way underrated. With all of life’s responsibilities, fun will sometimes seem like an indulgence. It shouldn’t be. It should be a requirement. Make time for fun. 

7. Manage your time. Your situation and environment is ever changing, so be careful not to confuse things that are urgent with things that are important. 

8. Manage your money. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. Don’t spend more than you make. Don’t let your money manage you. 

9. Everyone can make a huge difference. Making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So start small and start now. 

10. In order to get, you have to give. Supporting, guiding and making contributions to other people are life’s greatest rewards. Everything you do comes back around. 

11. Not much is worth fighting about. If you can avoid it, don’t fight. Step back from arguments with your spouse, family members or neighbors. When you feel anger surging up and you want to yell that vulgar remark on tip of your tongue, just close your mouth and walk away. Let yourself calm down. You don’t have to be right or win an argument. It doesn’t matter. 

12. Little things stick with you. So pay attention to them. Things like: watching your child sleep, preparing a meal with your family, or sharing a great laugh with an old friend. This is the real stuff life is made of. 

13. Less advice is often the best advice. People don’t need lots of advice, they need to live. I’ve seen young, rocky relationships develop into wonderful marriages and fleeting inspirations ignite a lifetime of passion and happiness. Our life stories, like the answers we give to long essay questions, are uniquely ours. What people want to know is already somewhere inside of them. We all just need time to think, be and breathe, and continue to explore the undirected journeys that will eventually help us find our direction. 

14. Your 30’s, 40’s and 50’s won’t feel like your 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Adults are just older children. When you get older you won’t feel as old as you imagine you will. For the most part, you still feel exactly the way you feel right now, just a little wiser and more confident. You’ve had time to establish your place in the world and figure out what’s important to you. Don’t fear growing up. Look forward to it. It’s awesome. 

15. Bad things will happen to you and your friends. Part of living and growing up is experiencing unexpected troubles in life. People lose jobs, get in car accidents and sometimes die. When you are younger, and things are going pretty well, this harsh reality can be hard to visualize. The smartest, and oftentimes hardest, thing we can do in these kinds of situations is to be tempered in our reactions. To want to scream obscenities, but to wiser and more disciplined than that. To remember that emotional rage only makes matters worse. And to remember that tragedies are rarely as bad as they seem, and even when they are, they give us an opportunity to grow stronger. 

16. First impressions aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Everyone and everything seems normal from a distance, or at a glance. The 10th, 20th, or even the 50th impression is when you start to truly understand someone else for who they truly are. 

17. Don’t try to impress everyone. Purposely impressing people is an act that brings nothing but a momentary ego boost. Be real with people instead. Connect with fewer people on a level that is deeper and more profound. 

18. What you learn in school does matter. While you may not use the specifics of every classroom lesson, every lesson does expand the core thought process of your mind. Over time you will develop problem solving skills that are universally applicable. No single classroom lesson can teach this, and no single classroom lesson is more important. 

Business Quotes

Having been in the professional world for 6 years, these are some quotes that either make me think, or rub my beard and say "Yes."

Obscurity is not security

Trust is not a control

Hope is not a strategy

You don't expect wisdom from Charlie Day, and yet he delivers:

I don't think banks are evil. Still, this quote makes you think.

"Give a man a gun and he'll rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he'll rob the world." - Anonymous Graffiti

How much more can be said of this image?

An interesting thought on how our responses to life's successes and failures define us:

Some great advice on deliberately choosing your path in life and pursuing it.

Bruce Lee describes defeat in a constructive way.

Not sure to whom this quote is attributed, if you know please comment. I imagine it is the man in the picture, but I don't know who he is.

"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you."

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Whoever said this is smart.

Jokes 1

For my grandpa, who loved puns:

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

Did you hear about the guy whose left side was cut off? He's alright now.

Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

A new type of broom has been developed, and it's sweeping the nation.

I was arrested after my therapist suggested I take something for my kleptomania.

Did you hear about the butcher who backed into his meat grinder? He got a little behind in his work.

I went to a wedding last weekend where a radio married a television. The ceremony was alright, but the reception was excellent.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

Yesterday I accidentally swallowed some food coloring. The doctor says I'm OK, but I feel like I've dyed a little inside.

Did you hear about these new reversible jackets? I'm excited to see how they turn out.

I used to operate an origami store, but it folded.

My first job was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned because I couldn't concentrate.

A letter from Gandhi to Hitler in which he makes a polite yet impassioned plea for peace. I'm impressed by his tender and gracious nature that comes across through his words. I wish I could write like this! What a great man.

I don't recommend anyone live by this advice, but having grown up with this attitude, this comic was too relevant for me not to find it hilarious.

A great quote to remind us to put our talents to good use.

A judge named John Tapene was quoted in a 1959 newspaper with advice directed towards youth, that applies to us all.

An interesting quote from the Dalai Lama about the difficulties our world faces in spite of the prosperity we have attained.