Thoughts sent in 1997
| 9/14/1997 | When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. | - | Winston Churchill | |
| 9/15/1997 | If you can dream it, you can do it. | - | Walt Disney | |
| 9/16/1997 | You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. | - | Rep. Dick Amery | |
| 9/17/1997 | You can't lead a calvary charge if you think you look funny on a horse. | - | John Peers | |
| 9/18/1997 | A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. | - | H.L. Mencken | |
| 9/21/1997 | Remember, every good thing that has happened to you has happened in a week that started with Monday. | - | RWL | |
| 9/22/1997 | Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. | - | Warren G. Lester | |
| 9/23/1997 | Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. | - | Elbert Hubbard | |
| 9/24/1997 | Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill. | - | Christopher Parker | |
| 9/26/1997 | The greatest good we can do for others is not to share our riches but to reveal theirs. | - | unknown | |
| 9/26/1997 | Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. | - | Tom Wilson | |
| 9/29/1997 | Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. | - | E. Joseph Cossman | |
| 9/30/1997 | Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. | - | B.C. Forbes | |
| 10/1/1997 | Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. | - | George Patton | |
| 10/2/1997 | God gave us memory that we might have roses in December | - | James M. Barrie | |
| 10/5/1997 | No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, or a good workman. | - | John Ruskin | |
| 10/6/1997 | God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. | - | J.G. Holland | |
| 10/9/1997 | Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. | - | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| 10/12/1997 | Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror. | - | Byrd Baggett | |
| 10/13/1997 | Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. | - | Kim Hubbard | |
| 10/14/1997 | I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it. | - | Will Rogers | |
| 10/15/1997 | The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. | - | Robert Hughes | |
| 10/16/1997 | Solutions to problems are usually simple, but rarely easy. | - | Unknown / RWL | |
| 10/19/1997 | Persistence is what make the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite. | - | Robert Hall | |
| 10/20/1997 | Respect cannot be learned, purchased, or acquired - it can only be earned. | - | Bits & Pieces | |
| 10/21/1997 | The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. | - | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 10/22/1997 | The best way to predict the future is to create it. | - | Peter F. Drucker | |
| 10/23/1997 | Success comes in cans - not cannots. | - | Peter Thomson | |
| 10/26/1997 | Great works are performed not by strength, but by perserverance. | - | Samuel Johnson | |
| 10/27/1997 | It is the greatest mistake to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can. | - | Sydney Smith | |
| 10/28/1997 | If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. | - | Kurt Lewin | |
| 10/29/1997 | Look at the day when you are extremely satisifed at the end. It's not the day you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it. | - | Margaret Thatcher | |
| 10/30/1997 | Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing. | - | Bits & Pieces | |
| 11/2/1997 | The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say can't be done. | - | from an advertisement by Northern Trust Business Banking | |
| 11/3/1997 | The greatest power is often simple patience. | - | E. Joseph Cossman | |
| 11/5/1997 | Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. | - | Conrad Hilton | |
| 11/6/1997 | Those who agree with us might not be right but we admire their astuteness. | - | Cullen Hightower | |
| 11/8/1997 | Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. | - | William Butler Yeats | |
| 11/10/1997 | The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. | - | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| 11/11/1997 | A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. | - | Alistair Cooke | |
| 11/12/1997 | It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts. | - | Addison Walker | |
| 11/13/1997 | The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. | - | Martina Navratilova | |
| 11/16/1997 | The smallest good deed is greater than the grandest intention. | - | unknown | |
| 11/17/1997 | It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. | - | unknown | |
| 11/18/1997 | A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd | - | Max Lucado | |
| 11/19/1997 | A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. | - | Charles M. Schwarb | |
| 11/20/1997 | I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. | - | Stephen Leacock | |
| 11/23/1997 | Patience is bitter but the fruit is sweet. | - | unknown | |
| 11/24/1997 | Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. | - | Margaret Lee Runbeck | |
| 11/25/1997 | Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. | - | Roger C. Anderson | |
| 11/28/1997 | When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. | - | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| 12/1/1997 | About the only thing that comes without effort is old age. | - | unknown | |
| 12/2/1997 | Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. | - | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 12/3/1997 | Do all things with love. | - | Og Mandino | |
| 12/4/1997 | If at first you don't succeed, find out why. If at first you do succeed, find out why. | - | RWL | |
| 12/7/1997 | People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it. | - | unknown | |
| 12/8/1997 | We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. | - | unknown | |
| 12/9/1997 | Of all our human resources the most precious is the desire to improve. | - | unknown | |
| 12/10/1997 | Use the talents you possess; for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best. | - | Unknown | |
| 12/11/1997 | A ship in a harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. | - | Unknown | |
| 12/14/1997 | While faith makes all things possible, it is love that makes all things easy. | - | Unknown | |
| 12/15/1997 | A stumble may prevent a fall. | - | English proverb | |
| 12/16/1997 | Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. | - | Mother Teresa | |
| 12/17/1997 | The mind, like a parachute, functions only when open. | - | unknown | |
| 12/18/1997 | Where there is love there is life … | - | Mohandas Gandhi | |
| 12/21/1997 | He cared enough to send the very best. | - | unknown |