Avenues to Success Notes

Avenues to Success for 05/31/08

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
     - C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963, Irish-English novelist and essayist

Source:  Wikipedia

C.S. Lewis Foundation - Living the Legacy

Further Up and Further In - A C.S. Lewis and Inkings Resource Blog

Readers Cross Religious Lines for C.S. Lewis - Christian Science Monitor

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Avenues to Success for 05/30/08

Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.  
      - Hsi-Tang, 735-814, Zen master Hsi Tang Chih Tsang (Source International Zen)

 

Source:  The Daily Mail

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Avenues to Success for 05/29/08

Don't try to microwave your vision. Instead, crock-pot your vision -- communicate it fully -- so that its full flavor is unmistakable when you share it with your people.
     - John C. Maxwell, Born 1947, American author, speaker and leadership expert

 

Source:  Ventureforth Magazine

John C. Maxwell, Leadership Expert - SelfGrowth.com

About John Maxwell - JohnMaxwell.com

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Avenues to Success for 05/28/08

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
     - Camillo Benso di Cavour, 1810-1861, Italian Statesman

Source: Wikipedia

Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di - Biography - Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions

Camillo Conte di Cavour - Who is Who in Italian History

Modern History Sourcebook: Documents of Italian Unification 1846-61 - Fordham University

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Avenues to Success for 05/27/08

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
     - Pythagoras, B.C. 582-507, Greek philosopher, mathematician

 

Bust of Pythagoras of Samos in the Capitoline Museums, Rome

Source: Wikipedia

Pythagoras Summary - School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrew

Pythagoras - History for Kids

Life of Pythagoras - Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertitis

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Avenues to Success for 05/26/08

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

    - Lt. Gen. Sir William  Joseph Slim, British Field Marshal during the Burma campaign, where he was commander of the 14th 'forgotten' army.

Source:  Worcestershire Regiment

Indian Army Officers 1939-1945

Field Marshal Sir William J. Slim, Paragon of Moral and Ethical Courage

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Avenues to Success for 05/25/08

The human race has one really powerful weapon, and that is laughter.
     - Mark Twain, pen name for Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910, American writer, humorist, satirist 

Photo portrait by Mathew Brady

Source: Wikipedia

The Official Website of Mark Twain

Mark Twain in His Times Homepage  - University of Virginia Library

Mark Twain Sites in Elmira, NY - Cornell University

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Avenues to Success for 05/24/08

What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
     - Seneca, BCE 3-65 CE, Roman statesman, philosopher and writer

Source:  Fascinating History

• Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Philosopher - European Graduate School
• A Biography of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Theater Database
• Seneca - Vroma.org
  

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A College Degree Is Valuable To One Group In America.

New York Times columnist David Leonhart wrote an excellent commentary about the importance of a college diploma. A Diploma's Worth? Ask Her is an insightful piece of how the obtaining a college degree is especially helpful to one group of Americans...Women.

2008 Graduation, University of Virginia
Credit: Megan Lovett/The Daily Progress, via Associated Press

Highlights:

A Natural Case Study

David contends that college, in the past few decades, has provided a great laboratory to compare what is happening to women and men attending college and graduating.

The Not-So-Subtle Results

David writes, "The return has been enormous."

• Women are entering fields previously dominated by men.
• A 26% increase in weekly pay since 1980
• Gender discrimination less prevalent
• The overall pay gap between men and women is getting narrower.

The Value of Education

Women are increasing the size of the economic pie.
Education is not the great band aid  to solve the middle class problems, but it helps.

Read the Comments ...There are over 125 of them!

The New York Times readers really respond to good articles. The Times even highlights the best of them.

For a link to the full commentary, click here.

Avenues to Success for 05/23/08

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American naturalist, philosopher

Source:  Wikipedia

• Henry David Thoreau - Presented by The Thoreau Project
• The Henry David Thoreau Foundation
• About Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) - The Thoreau Society
  

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